International tourists to be tempted back to Phuket with hotel rooms for just $1

[elliss]

12 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

How about 50% discount on all beers?

          How about , sharing a can of Archa.

           Times are hard, in the North .

[WineOh]

4 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

     Correct .

     Open pound shops , in  Pattaya . asap .

        That will boost the Thai economy ...

        Every little bit , helps ..

      

        

     

       

     

     

     

dollar beers, dollar rooms, dollar massages, dollar pad thais.

 

Just Make everything a dollar and the tourists will come back in herds! 

 

start gouging them by charging 280 baht for a small beer and 5,000 a night for a room and you can forget it.,

They will never come back.

 

A lot easier to go to Spain than it is to fly all the way here just to be ripped off.

Edited June 1, 2021 by WineOh

[ikke1959]

How many rooms booked already????

 

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

‘One Night, One Dollar

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

If successful, the campaign could generate 40 billion baht for hotels in Phuket throughout July

 

One night one dollar eh ..

and there goes a vicar with no collar as that is the likelyness of it ultimately working out as " only one dollars prease " .. 

Edited June 1, 2021 by Justgrazing
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[ThailandRyan]

It just hit me "These are Happy hour prices",  here for a short time room only.

[MRToMRT]

Next step will be to pay tourists to come. Phuket gets the cash, Bangkok gets the vaccine, if I were a Thai tax payer from anywhere else I would be super <deleted>, as its my tax money thats paying for it all.

[kingofthemountain]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Online travel agents and major travel wholesalers have already been made aware of the campaign, which is expected to be formally approved by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and the cabinet later this month.

I know logic is not really the strong point in Thailand

but wouldn't have been better to have all formally approved first

then to give a RELIABLE information to online travels agents and major

travel wholesalers?

[ICELANDMAN]

 

 I wonder why it reminds me of the trips of the Chinese for $ 1 accused of scams, where the scam is ?

[tomazbodner]

1$ per room! That will keep cheap Charlies out and attract millionaires to the paradise island.

[kingofthemountain]

26 minutes ago, ICELANDMAN said:

 

 I wonder why it reminds me of the trips of the Chinese for $ 1 accused of scams, where the scam is ?

The scam is: it's not going to happen

 

imo it sounds more like a pathetic attempt to create a buzz

in the hope to attract again some attention on phuket  from

the international travelers

 

doing that with a fake news + false hopes to lure few tourists seems to be their choice

 

[madmitch]

I'll wait and see the exact terms and conditions of this promotion before commenting further.

[Daithi85]

2 hours ago, 10baht said:

Are you kidding? What do you think? And gullible is not the right word.

 

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The cost reduction maybe because the detail's of the sandpit are emerging and they appear to be exactly the same just harder and more expensive than 14 day ASQ????

Whats more expensive? 

[richard_smith237]

As usual the news has omitted a key piece of information to ensure it triggers more people. 

 

The $1 per night is for the FIRST night - not for the whole stay. 

 

 

[Susco]

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

As usual the news has omitted a key piece of information to ensure it triggers more people. 

 

The $1 per night is for the FIRST night - not for the whole stay. 

 

 

 

How about change hotel every night?

[JayClay]

35 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

How about change hotel every night?

I'm sure there'll be a minimum stay length thus making the $1 totally worthless as the hotels can just increase the price for the remaining nights.

[sammieuk1]

1 hour ago, Daithi85 said:

 

Whats more expensive? 

Flying to Phuket for a start and the probability of propping up Thai airways as this will be the only carrier from some countries one can see it coming without a crystal ball ????

[impulse]

6 hours ago, Excel said:

Well Colin, you and I both know about which nationality has the most chips on their shoulders don't we ? 

 

 Chips or crisps?

[ThailandRyan]

9 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

 Chips or crisps?

Pretzels

[impulse]

5 hours ago, WineOh said:

A lot easier to go to Spain than it is to fly all the way here just to be ripped off.

 

What's the average bar fine in Spain?

 

[Danderman123]

6 hours ago, keith101 said:

I think they are talking about vaccinated tourists from other countries not from here in Thailand .

To be clear, if you are vaccinated, you can travel to Phuket without quarantine or the requirement for a PCR test.

[WineOh]

9 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

What's the average bar fine in Spain?

 

No idea.

 

I'm usually able to pull normal girls when I'm there, especially if I hit the bars that are full of horny English birds on hen parties and dirty weekends away from their husbands...

 

You a regular bar finer then mate yeh?

[ExpatOilWorker]

7 hours ago, Walkabout said:

Does this mean 7 days for 7 $, even 30 days for 30$?

Yes, but you will have to change hotel daily.

After 30 days you will have the whole check-out/ check-in routine down to a fine art, but you will have no idea what side of the bed to get out of in the morning. 

 

[Meat Pie 47]

6 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Cassino's are barred here ????

but french fries are not

[ExpatOilWorker]

6 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Just booked and paid in advance.

Bargain.

30 days for 1,200Baht.

No breakfast

What? That is $38!

Is it $1 + vat and service charge? What a scam.

You can eat the bedbugs for breakfast. 

[rcuthbert]

In 2006, a tuk tuk was 500 baht from Karon to Patong.

[chalawaan]

The local bottled namplao in the minibar will cost USD $300. it's the add-ons that add up to a (safe) cracking vacay!

[chalawaan]

52 minutes ago, WineOh said:

No idea.

 

I'm usually able to pull normal girls when I'm there, especially if I hit the bars that are full of horny English birds on hen parties and dirty weekends away from their husbands...

 

You a regular bar finer then mate yeh?

My original reply in error, moved to another post.

Edited June 1, 2021 by chalawaan

[chalawaan]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

What's the average bar fine in Spain?

 

One can enjoy a knee-trembler at most Portuguese truck stops for EUR 20. I read it in Lonely plan it.

[Rhacsyn]

58 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

To be clear, if you are vaccinated, you can travel to Phuket without quarantine or the requirement for a PCR test.

I have a few friends in BKK and down south planning to get to Phuket using that route. I jumped ship and left Thailand for Dubai on 23rd May, got my first vaccine jab on 24th May, second jab arranged for 14th June and hopefully back to Phuket beginning of July. A small gamble but hope it pays off ????, else will do ASQ again . Some of my golfing friends here in UAE are hoping to join me so let's see how that transpires. Six hour flight for them and no quarantine on return. Yes it's rainy season in Thailand but it's summer season here!! No rain and 42 to 44 C. We will all know more (hopefully!) in the next couple of weeks.

 

Rumour from Patong is that small bars may open on 10th June. Not important and only gossip but having worked there for 30 years, my missus is normally in the know.......

[jak2002003]

7 hours ago, RobMuir said:

How bludy good is that!!!

 

I was going to head down in July anyway. What a bonus.

 

One dollar hotel rooms, you can't complain about that, that's for sure.

 

Oh, wait, I forgot. This is TVF, so the usual moaners will still complain.

 

Carry on.

Well...let us all know how your holiday goes.  If it works out as true and the bars and everything else is ope , the I will also go there. 

 

But I don't want to go if it's going to be a ghost town and all the shops and bars shut up.